Unit 2: Astronomy

Opener
What do you
know about
astronomy?
KWL Topic: Astronomy
Astronomy KWL Chart
Know Want to Know
 Astronomy

Astronomy
Concept/Question

Concept Question
•Concept 1 •Question 1
Astronomy
Definition of astronomy

astro- = star
-nomy = a body of knowledge about a specific
field of study

The study
of the
stars,
planets,
and outer
space.
Galileo Name WordArt
What do you
know about
Galilelo?
 Galileo Satellite
NASA launched a
satellite named
“Galileo” in 1989.

Its mission was to

take photos of
Jupiter.

From: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question61.html
KWL Topic: Galileo
How to Come Up With Questions
 Clues, Problems, Wonderings
Clues Problems Wonderings

From; From;
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 Clues, Problems, Wonderings
Clues Problems Wonderings

•What clues do •When reading, •After browsing,

we get from the what might be a what are you
story to tell us problem for wondering
who Galileo is you? about?
and what makes
•Any words you
him famous?
don’t know?
 Galileo KWL Chart
Know Want to Know
•Clues: •Wonderings:
 Galileo

Galileo
Concept/Question

Concept Question
•Concept 1 •Question 1
 Galileo
Born 1564
Pisa, Italy

Fom:
http://www.comune.pisa.it/aziende-esternalizzazioni/images/galileo.jpg
 2004 K.Paulus
Fom: http://www.amuseum.de/physik/brillen/exh98_99/galileo.jpg
 Italy

Pisa
 What is a biography?
bio- = life -graphy = writing about a specific subject

• A biography is written about a real person’s life, by someone else.

• A biography contains important information about the person’s life.
The story includes details about how the person talks, feels, and thinks
about things.
• A biography may span the subject’s life, or it may tell about only an
import part of the person’s life.
• An account that spans the person’s entire life is almost always told in
chronological order -- the order in time in which the events occurred.
• A biography often focuses on the most important events in a person’s
life. It usually describes a person’s achievements or talents.
• A biography is usually written in third person.
Vocabulary - Pronunciation
apparatus ap • pa • ra • tus

extraordinary ex • tra • or • di • na • ry

constellation con • stel • la • tion

celestial ce • les • tial

interrogation in • ter • ro • ga • tion

 Vocabulary - Definitions
apparatus a piece of equipment that has a
particular use

extraordinary unusual or amazing

constellation group of stars that form shapes in

the sky

celestial relating to the sky

interrogation questioning
Unit 2: Astronomy
Page: 102
 carriage

Photograph from the Utah State Historical Society

Copyright © 2004 State of Utah
From: http://historyforkids.utah.gov/carriage.jpg
Padua, Italy
 professor

From: http://www.health.utah.edu/fdnu/professor.jpg
cylinder
 lenses

From: http://www.in.gov/idoa/greening/center/eyeglass.gif
 convex and concave lenses

convex

concave

 2004 Lycos, Inc. From: http://fuzzyphoton.tripod.com/rtref/rtref_l.htm

What is a “Dutch perspective”?
What do we know from the story?

1. Makes distant (far away) objects looks

close.
2. A man 2 miles away can be seen
distinctly (clearly).
telescope
3. Described as a “tube” or “cylinder”.
4. Invented by a man from Holland
(Dutch) who makes eyeglasses.
What is a “Borgo dei Vignali”?
What do we know from the story?

1. Galileo’s house is in there.

2. Maybe his house is one of many houses.

Town of Vignali
quill and ink

From:
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Educator.Focus/Articles/012_Wrigh
t_Brothers/languagearts.html
 magnification

magnifier

©2002 AcquiredData.com
From: http://www.acquireddata.com/graphics/magnifier.gif
 pendulum for pulse
Galileo realized the value
of pendulum clocks for
time keeping.
Accurate time keeping
helped doctors take
correct readings of a
person’s pulse.

 2001 From: http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/lectures/galileo.htm

From: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/9800.htm
 Jupiter moons

Lawrence Hall of Science | © 2004 | from: http://sunra.lbl.gov/ISE/new/planet/jupiter1.html

 Galileo Astronomy Timeline
1609 - Galileo built 20X telescope, discovered craters and
mountains on the moon
1613 - Galileo discovered sunspots
1616 - Galileo called to Rome and ordered to stop supporting
the Copernican theory
1633 - The Inquisition denounced Galileo
1638 - Galileo published "Discourses Concerning Two New
Sciences", summarizing the principles of mechanics
1992 - Pope John Paul II acknowledged the Vatican's error
in the condemnation of Galileo
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•carriage (p. 102)
/k/
•constellation (p. 106)
Word Knowledge: C
•mathematics (p. 102) •counting (p. 106)
•objects (p. 102) •cloudy (p. 107) /s/
•close (p. 102) •clear (p. 107) •received
•perspectives (p. 102) •crazy (p. 107) •cylinders (p. 102)
•convex (p. 102) •course (p. 107) •trance (p. 102)
•concave (p. 102) •methodical (p. 108) •distance (p. 102)
•precaution (p. 103) •discovered (p. 108) •circles (p. 103)
•cathedral (p. 104) •account (p. 108) •Venice (p. 103)
•cut (p. 103) •discussed (p. 108) •success (p. 103)
•cry (p. 103) •rocky (p. 109) •circling (p. 105)
•circles (p. 103) •crescent (p. 109) •decided (p. 108)
•magnification (p. 103) •reflects (p. 109) •excitement (p. 108)
•success (p. 103) •fact (p. 109) •face (p. 109)
•clambered (p. 104) •direction (p. 109) •celestial (p. 109)
•cathedral (p. 104) •Copernicus (p. 109) •center (p. 109)
•telescope (p. 104) •declare (p. 109) •certainly (p. 109)
•could (p. 104) •curb (p. 109) •once (p. 109)
•controlled (p. 104) •exclaimed (p. 109) •unconvinced (p. 110)
•candle (p. 105) •Catholic (p. 110) •received (p. 110)
•catching (p. 105) •unconvinced (p. 110)
•incredible (p. 105) •conclusive (p. 110)
•comparing (p. 105) •elected (p. 110)
•cold (p. 105) •continued (p. 110)
•public (p. 110)